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Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#22

Would be nice if I could search the contents.

Free and posted in its entirety online, and you're still not happy eh?

Don't get me wrong, i think its great, but I'm not going to browse hundreds of issues to read about specific topics I'm interested in.

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#23
post #4

If you want to download all the PDFs to your current working directory: wget -rH -nd -Dubm-us.net -Apdf http://gdcvault.com/gdmag Edit: for the curious, the flags are: -r recursively retrieve all the links on the page -H span hosts (default would stay with gdcvault.com only) -nd don't replicate directory hierarchy, just download the files to cwd -D only download from ubm-us.net -A pdf extensions only

Safe downloading, everyone; remember to first check the ToS and don't change your user-agent for any reason.

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#24

Would be nice if I could search the contents.

That can be made =)i figured you could just convert the index pages to text and then make a search utility over it.

PS: If anyone makes it, dont forget to post the link! (i don't mind making it myself but i got no server to host it on... Might make it on JS and post as a "static" website)

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#25
Especially since this collection isn't going to change, I'm confused as usual why they don't include a 'download them all' torrent link. Torrents are wonderful for things like this - reduced hosting costs, often significantly faster download rates, and nearly perfect resumeability even in cases of extremely bad internet connections. Win/win/win but very few do it.

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#27
Thank you for this. What's interesting is how dramatically gaming improved between 1994 and 1999, and then it kinda became incremental. I also enjoyed being able to see how the graphic design (page layouts, colors, fonts) of the magazine itself has evolved. I wonder if current trends can be extrapolated.

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#29
post #4

If you want to download all the PDFs to your current working directory: wget -rH -nd -Dubm-us.net -Apdf http://gdcvault.com/gdmag Edit: for the curious, the flags are: -r recursively retrieve all the links on the page -H span hosts (default would stay with gdcvault.com only) -nd don't replicate directory hierarchy, just download the files to cwd -D only download from ubm-us.net -A pdf extensions only

Consider grabbing the torrent[0] instead so as not to peg the gdcvault server.

[0]: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8940823/Game_Developer_Magazi...

Re: Full archives of Game Developer magazine

#30
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